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The Israeli ambassador to the United States of America is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the State of Israel to the United States of America. It is generally regarded as the most prestigious position in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to the close diplomatic and military relationship between the two countries.
Ambassador of Israel to the United States | |
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שגריר ישראל בארצות הברית | |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Israel |
Inaugural holder | Eliahu Eilat |
Formation | 1948 |
Website | Embassy |
The ambassador and the embassy staff at large work at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Three ambassadors have been American citizens: Arens was naturalized and Oren and Dermer were born in the United States.
Name (in Hebrew)[lower-alpha 1] |
Photo | Tenure | ||
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Start | End | Length (year range) | ||
Eliahu Eilat (אליהו אילת) |
1948 | 1950 | 1–2 | |
Abba Eban (אבא אבן) |
1950 | 1959 | 8–9 | |
Avraham Harman (אברהם הרמן) |
1959 | 1968 | 8–9 | |
Yitzhak Rabin (יצחק רבין) |
1968 | 1973 | 4–5 | |
Simcha Dinitz (שמחה דיניץ) |
1973 | 1979 | 5–6 | |
Ephraim Evron (אפרים עברון) |
1979 | 1982 | 2–3 | |
Moshe Arens (משה ארנס) |
1982 | 1983 | 0–1 | |
Meir Rosenne (מאיר רוזן) |
1983 | 1987 | 3–4 | |
Moshe Arad (משה ארד) |
1987 | 1990 | 2–3 | |
Zalman Shoval (זלמן שובל) |
1990 | 1993 | 2–3 | |
Itamar Rabinovich (איתמר רבינוביץ) |
1993 | 1996 | 2–3 | |
Eliahu Ben-Elissar (אליהו בן-אלישר) |
1996 | 1998 | 1–2 | |
Zalman Shoval (זלמן שובל) |
1998 | 1999 | 0–1 | |
David Ivry (דוד עברי) |
1999 | 2002 | 2–3 | |
Daniel Ayalon (דני אילון) |
2002 | 2006 | 3–4 | |
Sallai Meridor (סלי מרידור) |
2006 | 2009 | 2–3 | |
Michael Oren (מייקל אורן) |
2009 | 2013 | 3–4 | |
Ron Dermer (רון דרמר) |
2013 | 2021 | 7–8 | |
Gilad Erdan (גלעד ארדן) |
2021[1] | 2021 | 0 | |
Michael Herzog (מיכאל הרצוג) |
2021[2] | present | 2–3 |
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